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How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use

  • Written by Ari Peskoe, Lecturer on Law, Harvard University
imageYour power bill may be hiding something.photoschmidt/iStock/Getty Images Plus

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities see the prospect of earning large profits by providing electricity to these...

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Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how

  • Written by Hysell V. Oviedo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research, Washington University in St. Louis
imageHow you process language is influenced by how each side of your brain developed in early life.Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the speech...

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Memories of the good parts of using drugs can keep people hooked − altering the neurons that store them could help treat addiction

  • Written by Ana Clara Bobadilla, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
imageYour memories are likely stored in ensembles of neurons that fire together.PASIEKA/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards. This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something refreshing, sexual activity and nurturing children. Many of these behaviors are needed for survival....

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‘Loyal to the oil’ – how religion and striking it rich shape Canada’s hockey fandom

  • Written by Cody Musselman, Preceptor, College Writing Program, Harvard University
imageSome Edmonton Oilers fans are pinning their Stanley Cup hopes on captain Connor McDavid.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Déjà vu is a common occurrence in the world of sports, and the Edmonton Oilers are no strangers to repeat matchups. The Canadian team faced off against the New York Islanders in both 1983 and ’84 for hockey’s...

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What a sunny van Gogh painting of ‘The Sower’ tells us about Pope Leo’s message of hope

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
imageVincent van Gogh's 'Sower at Sunset' painting.Vincent van Gogh/ Kröller-Müller Museum via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a farmer...

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1 in 4 children suffers from chronic pain − school nurses could be key to helping them manage it

  • Written by Natoshia R. Cunningham, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
imageMental heath approaches beat medication in treating children's chronic pain. andresr/E+ via Getty Images

Joint pain, headaches, stomachaches, fibromyalgia – the list sounds like an inventory of ailments that might plague people as they age. Yet these are chronic, painful conditions that frequently affect children.

People often imagine...

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What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code − and what risks that can entail

  • Written by Chetan Jaiswal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University
imageLarge language model AIs can generate software code based on your prompts.J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently,...

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Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixed

  • Written by John Nielsen-Gammon, Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
imageHail can be destructive, yet the cost of the damage often isn't publicly tracked.NOAA/NSSL

On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in Chatham, Mississippi. According to the federal storm events database, there were no injuries, but it caused $10,000 in property damage.

How...

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Storm damage costs are often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding extreme weather risk

  • Written by John Nielsen-Gammon, Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
imageHail can be destructive, yet the cost of the damage often isn't publicly tracked.NOAA/NSSL

On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in Chatham, Mississippi. According to the federal storm events database, there were no injuries, but it caused $10,000 in property damage.

How...

Read more: Storm damage costs are often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding extreme weather risk

Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews

  • Written by J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
imageA pumpjack in eastern Utah extracts oil from underground.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure projects has long been a complicated and time-consuming process. Despite growing calls from both parties for Congress and federal agencies to reform that process,...

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  2. We asked over 8,700 people in 6 countries to think about future generations in decision-making, and this is what we found
  3. Peace has long been elusive in rural Colombia – Black women’s community groups try to bring it closer each day
  4. A bottlenose dolphin? Or Tursiops truncatus? Why biologists give organisms those strange, unpronounceable names
  5. It’s miller moth season in Colorado – an entomologist explains why they’re important and where they’re headed
  6. The Michelin Guide is Eurocentric and elitist − yet it will soon be an arbiter of culinary excellence in Philly
  7. Is methylene blue really a brain booster? A pharmacologist explains the science
  8. Autocrats don’t act like Hitler or Stalin anymore − instead of governing with violence, they use manipulation
  9. Reducing American antisemitism requires more than condemning opposition to Israel and targeting elite universities
  10. Even if Putin and Zelenskyy do go face-to-face, don’t expect wonders − their one meeting in 2019 ended in failure
  11. California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability
  12. New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life
  13. Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet
  14. Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do − feeding them could change that
  15. Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity?
  16. Our trans health study was terminated by the government – the effects of abrupt NIH grant cuts ripple across science and society
  17. 3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship
  18. Veterans’ protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits
  19. If it looks like a dire wolf, is it a dire wolf? How to define a species is a scientific and philosophical question
  20. Detroit’s population grew in 2023, 2024 − a strategy to welcome immigrants helps explain the turnaround from decades of population decline
  21. Prime numbers, the building blocks of mathematics, have fascinated for centuries − now technology is revolutionizing the search for them
  22. Hurricane season is here, but FEMA’s policy change could leave low-income areas less protected
  23. Millions of US children have parents with substance use disorder, and the consequences are staggering − new research
  24. Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion and consent in global domination
  25. The biggest barrier to AI adoption in the business world isn’t tech – it’s user confidence
  26. Solar panels’ shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years
  27. Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety
  28. Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history
  29. Beyond the backlash: What evidence shows about the economic impact of DEI
  30. Like today’s selfie-takers, Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image – but ended up more lost than found
  31. The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer
  32. What Peru’s Virgen de la Puerta represents about unity and inclusion
  33. Weaponized storytelling: How AI is helping researchers sniff out disinformation campaigns
  34. There’s no evidence work requirements for Medicaid recipients will boost employment, but they are a key piece of Republican spending bill
  35. How trafficked American guns fuel Mexico’s cartel violence – podcast
  36. More Colorado workplaces are becoming safe places for employees in recovery
  37. RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance
  38. 3 things to watch as South Koreans head toward the polls following turbulent political period
  39. Guns bought in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels fuel violence in Mexico and the migration crisis
  40. Billy Joel has excess fluid in his brain – a neurologist explains what happens when this protective liquid gets out of balance
  41. Chronic stress contributes to cognitive decline and dementia risk – 2 healthy-aging experts explain what you can do about it
  42. Trump wants to cut funding to sanctuary cities and towns – but they don’t actually violate federal law
  43. The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill
  44. Public health and private equity: What the Walgreens buyout could mean for the future of pharmacy care
  45. A common parasite can decapitate human sperm − with implications for male fertility
  46. When Elvis and Ella were pressed onto X-rays – the subversive legacy of Soviet ‘bone music’
  47. High electricity prices zapping your budget? Here are 5 ways to save
  48. Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills – microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste
  49. Texas’ annual reading test adjusted its difficulty every year, masking whether students are improving
  50. Anti-trans measures don’t just target transgender men and women – a sociologist explains how ‘male’ or ‘female’ categories miss the mark for nonbinary Americans